cross-question

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Lord Pannick argued that the investigation process was "manifestly unfair" and that Lord Lester should have had the opportunity to cross-question his accuser.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2018

Opposing attorneys tried for two days to cross-question her into inconsistencies, had no luck at all.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Congressmen do not often get a chance to cross-question the Secretary of the Treasury and when they do they make the most of it.

From Time Magazine Archive

He invited the committee to cross-question him, but when he finished, he got the silent treatment.

From Time Magazine Archive

He would have liked to cross-question her, but he was the second generation of a rising family and had learned that questions must not be pressed.

From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel